Buffer Overflow Affecting optipng-debuginfo package, versions <0:0.7.7-3.amzn2.0.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.46% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-OPTIPNGDEBUGINFO-13165874
  • published1 Oct 2025
  • disclosed1 Oct 2023

Introduced: 1 Oct 2023

CVE-2023-43907  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 optipng-debuginfo to version 0:0.7.7-3.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2025-3011.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream optipng-debuginfo package and not the optipng-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

OptiPNG v0.7.7 was discovered to contain a global buffer overflow via the 'buffer' variable at gifread.c.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1